M 4.5 in Greece on 12 Dec 2015 08:34 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1075593
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7914 , 21.0804
Event Date: 12 Dec 2015 08:34 UTC
12 Dec 2015 10:34 Local
Exposed Population:
783713 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2015 11:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 299 | About casualties: 71 | Last hour: 0

Heavy flooding as Philippine typhoon death toll climbs to 9Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:30:00 +0100.

Manila (AFP) - Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least nine people, authorities said. A barrage of rain in the capital Manila on Tuesday nig
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Heavy Flooding as Philippine Typhoon Death Toll Climbs to 9Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:26:00 +0100.

Rain-soaked residents in the rural Philippines huddled on rooftops Wednesday after Typhoon Melor caused heavy flooding and killed at least 9 people, authorities said. A barrage of rain in the capital Manila on Tuesday night submerged some r
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CM issues audio clip to boost morale of state's flood victimsWed, 16 Dec 2015 08:10:00 +0100.

CHENNAI: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday chose Whatsapp to make an emotive statement expressing anguish for the sufferings of flood-affected people and said her government would re-establish that it was well capable of overcoming n
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Methane gas leak forces S. California residents out of their homesWed, 16 Dec 2015 08:02:00 +0100.

The utility vows it's working around the clock to stop the leak, first reported on October 23. Relief wells and no-fly zones. The gas company's prime focus now, after other failed capping attempts, is drilling a relief well, a process that
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),